Human folly for 02017-03-15

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• Full (physicstoday.scitation.org):

  silicon carbide #materials work as semiconductor #hardware at above 250° and can therefore make electronics that would survive on the surface of Venus (for 521 hours in one simulated-Venus test).

• Airstrikes unreported Syria Iraq Afghanistan Islamic state al Qaeda Taliban (militarytimes.com):

  256 unreported “airstrikes” from #USA armed #drones and attack helicopters in #Afghanistan. #politics #violence

• (pdfs.semanticscholar.org):

  #PDF #paper reporting three experiments on #spaced-practice in a classroom environment. #education #psychology #toread

• Can sleep deprivation cure depression (nytimes.com):

  #sleep deprivation, circadian rhythms, and depression. #psychology

• Aseptic Laboratory techniques plating methods (jove.com):

  Jove is a web site with #video instruction in all kinds of things; this video covers plating methods for bacterial cultures on agar.

• Announcing first SHA1 collision (security.googleblog.com):

  first #SHA-1 collision. #security #crypto